Marnitz Boshoff. Photo: Gallo Images
Derick Minnie scored two tries as the MTN Golden Lions hammered the Vodacom Blue Bulls 62-23 (half-time 20-16) in an entertaining Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.
Flank Minnie scored two of the Lions’ seven tries while flyhalf Marnitz Boshoff, who shifted to fullback midway through the second half, kicked 22 points courtesy of two penalties and eight conversions as the visitors turned in a superb second-half performance to stun the Bulls.
The Lions scored six second-half tries, three of them coming when the Bulls had been reduced to 14 men because of a yellow-card to loosehead prop Morne Mellett, as the visitors completed their first win of the season after losses to the Free State Cheetahs and the Sharks.
The Lions fed off of Bulls’ mistakes in the first half but they were well-deserving victors as they ran their opponents off their feet in the second stanza as they took control of the breakdown against the shell-shocked Bulls.
Bulls flyhalf Tony Jantjies and his opposite number Boshoff traded early penalties before the match became a free-flowing affair.
Both teams showed a willingness to run the ball during the opening exchanges but it was the Bulls who were gaining the most momentum early on and their industry was rewarded after they took the ball through 12 phases before left wing Travis Ismail nabbed his first Currie Cup try when he outstripped the cover defence to scamper over from 20 metres out.
Tony Jantjies missed his conversion attempt but the Bulls led 8-3 after 13 minutes.
However, the Lions took the lead for the first time just four minutes later when flank Jaco Kriel was mauled over for a converted try after the visitors had opted to kick a penalty to the corner to set up an attacking lineout. – SuperSport
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